clariana

Catalan

Etymology

Perhaps from an earlier unattested *clarizanda, from a similarly unattested *clarizar (“to become clear”).

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /klə.ɾiˈa.nə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /kla.ɾiˈa.na/

Noun

clariana f (plural clarianes)

space, clearing, opening (between clouds, between trees in a wood, etc.)
- 1975, Marià Manent, El vent de Maia:
  D'una clariana dels núvols grisos sortien raigs de sol oblics, a la manera de Gustau Doré.
  From an opening in the grey clouds, oblique rays of sunlight fell in the style of Gustave Doré.

Further reading

“clariana” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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